abstract：:In this study, the intra-articular tolerability and suitability for local and sustained release of an in situ forming gel composed of an acetyl-capped poly(ε-caprolactone-co-lactide)-b-poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(ε-caprolactone-co-lactide) (PCLA-PEG-PCLA) copolymer loaded with celecoxib was investigated in horse join...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Petit A,Redout EM,van de Lest CH,de Grauw JC,Müller B,Meyboom R,van Midwoud P,Vermonden T,Hennink WE,René van Weeren P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA that encodes tumor-specific antigens represents potential immunostimulatory agents. However, rapid enzymatic degradation and fragmentation of DNA during administration can result in limited vector expression and, consequently, poor efficacy. These challenges have necessitated the use of novel strategies for DNA de...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Medina SH,Li S,Howard OM,Dunlap M,Trivett A,Schneider JP,Oppenheim JJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Docetaxel (DOC) produces anti-tumor effects by inducing apoptosis and inhibiting cell growth. However, its clinical application is limited by its hydrophobicity and low biocompatibility. Therefore, improving DOC's water solubility, biocompatibility, and anti-tumor effects are important goals that will improve its clin...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gao X,Wang S,Wang B,Deng S,Liu X,Zhang X,Luo L,Fan R,Xiang M,You C,Wei Y,Qian Z,Guo G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical usefulness of brain machine interfaces that employ penetrating silicon microelectrode arrays is limited by inconsistent performance at chronic time points. While it is widely believed that elements of the foreign body response (FBR) contribute to inconsistent single unit recording performance, the relatio...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Nolta NF,Christensen MB,Crane PD,Skousen JL,Tresco PA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared to soluble cytokines, surface-tethered ligands can deliver biological signalling with precise control of spatial positioning and concentration. A strategy that immobilises ligand molecules on a surface in a uniform orientation using non-cleavable linkages under physiological conditions would enhance the speci...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lee EJ,Be CL,Vinson AR,Riches AG,Fehr F,Gardiner J,Gengenbach TR,Winkler DA,Haylock D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In normal tissue repair, macrophages exhibit a pro-inflammatory phenotype (M1) at early stages and a pro-healing phenotype (M2) at later stages. We have previously shown that M1 macrophages initiate angiogenesis while M2 macrophages promote vessel maturation. Therefore, we reasoned that scaffolds that promote sequenti...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Spiller KL,Nassiri S,Witherel CE,Anfang RR,Ng J,Nakazawa KR,Yu T,Vunjak-Novakovic G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injectable hydrogel biomaterials are promising therapies to promote repair and regeneration post-myocardial infarction (MI). However, the timing of delivery and the mechanisms through which biomaterial treatments confer their benefits are translational issues that remain to be addressed. We assessed the efficacy of an...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Blackburn NJ,Sofrenovic T,Kuraitis D,Ahmadi A,McNeill B,Deng C,Rayner KJ,Zhong Z,Ruel M,Suuronen EJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy is a promising post-surgical therapy of solid carcinomas confined within the peritoneal cavity, with potential benefits in locoregional and systemic management of residual tumors. In this study, we intended to increase local retention of platinum in the peritoneal cavity over a prolon...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Cho EJ,Sun B,Doh KO,Wilson EM,Torregrosa-Allen S,Elzey BD,Yeo Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioma is still hard to be treated due to their complex microenvironment. In this study, a gold nanoparticle-based delivery system was developed. The system, An-PEG-DOX-AuNPs, was loaded with doxorubicin (DOX) through hydrazone, an acid-responsive linker, and was functionalized with angiopep-2, a specific ligand of lo...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ruan S,Yuan M,Zhang L,Hu G,Chen J,Cun X,Zhang Q,Yang Y,He Q,Gao H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When developed as targeting ligands for the in vivo delivery of biomaterials to biological systems, RNA aptamers immediately face numerous obstacles, in particular nuclease degradation and post-selection 2' modification. This study aims to develop a novel class of highly stable, 2'-fully modified RNA aptamers that are...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Friedman AD,Kim D,Liu R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanodiamond application in biotechnological and medical fields is nowadays in continuous progress. In fact, biocompatibility, reduced dimensions and high surface chemical interaction are specific features that make nanodiamonds perfect intracellular carriers of bioactive compounds. By confocal microscopy, we confirmed...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gismondi A,Reina G,Orlanducci S,Mizzoni F,Gay S,Terranova ML,Canini A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although graphene oxide (GO) has recently been considered as a highly attractive nanomaterial for future cancer imaging and therapy, it is still a major challenge to improve its in vivo tumor active targeting efficiency. Here in this full article, we demonstrated the successful and significantly enhanced in vivo tumor...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Shi S,Yang K,Hong H,Chen F,Valdovinos HF,Goel S,Barnhart TE,Liu Z,Cai W

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive strategy for the preparation of mulberry-like dual-drug complicated nanocarriers (MLDC NCs) with high drug loading and adjustable dual-drug ratio was developed. First, apogossypolone (ApoG2) amphiphilic starch micelles (AASt MCs) were prepared by self-assembly process, and doxorubicin (DOX) hyaluronic ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Li K,Liu H,Gao W,Chen M,Zeng Y,Liu J,Xu L,Wu D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitosan coated porous titanium alloy implant (CTI) is demonstrated a promising approach to improve osseointegration capacity of pure porous titanium alloy implant (TI). Since chitosan has been demonstrated to exhibit antioxidant activity, we propose CTI may ameliorate the ROS overproduction, thus reverse the poor oss...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Li X,Ma XY,Feng YF,Ma ZS,Wang J,Ma TC,Qi W,Lei W,Wang L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-sheet-engineering based regenerative medicine is successfully applied to clinical studies, though cell sheets contain uniformly distributed cells. For the further application to complex tissues/organs, cell sheets with a multi-cellular pattern were highly demanded. Micro-contact printing is a quite useful techniq...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Tanaka N,Ota H,Fukumori K,Miyake J,Yamato M,Okano T

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic implantation of microelectrodes into the cortex has been shown to lead to inflammatory gliosis and neuronal loss in the microenvironment immediately surrounding the probe, a hypothesized cause of neural recording failure. Caspase-1 (aka Interleukin 1β converting enzyme) is known to play a key role in both infl...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kozai TD,Li X,Bodily LM,Caparosa EM,Zenonos GA,Carlisle DL,Friedlander RM,Cui XT

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosis affects most organs, it results in replacement of normal parenchymal tissue with collagen-rich extracellular matrix, which compromises tissue architecture and ultimately causes loss of function of the affected organ. Biochemical pathways that contribute to fibrosis have been extensively studied, but the role ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Varkey M,Ding J,Tredget EE,Wound Healing Research Group.

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional cancer chemotherapy often fails as most anti-cancer drugs are not effective against drug-resistant cancer stem cells. These surviving cancer stem cells lead to relapse and metastasis. In this study, an anti-diabetic drug, phenformin, capable of eliminating cancer stem cells was loaded into micelles via se...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Krishnamurthy S,Ng VW,Gao S,Tan MH,Yang YY

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(trimethylene carbonate) (PTMC) with molecular weights greater than 100 kg/mol is known to degrade readily in vivo while PTMC of less than 70 kg/mol is resistant to degradation. The reason for the molecular weight dependent degradation rate of PTMC is unclear, and may be due to differences in macrophage behavior o...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Vyner MC,Li A,Amsden BG

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Engineered nanomaterials are known to exhibit diverse and sometimes unexpected biological effects. Fullerene nanoparticles have been reported to specifically bind to and elicit persistent activation of hippocampal Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), a multimeric intracellular serine/threonine kinas...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Chen L,Miao Y,Chen L,Xu J,Wang X,Zhao H,Shen Y,Hu Y,Bian Y,Shen Y,Chen J,Zha Y,Wen LP,Wang M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) play an important role in regulating osteoblastic differentiation and bone formation. But the diffuse of BMPs into muscle tissues around bone injury sites often leads to heterotopic ossification, which has been regarded as one of major side-effects of BMP implementation in bone defec...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhang J,Zhao Y,Hou X,Chen B,Xiao Z,Han J,Shi C,Liu J,Miao Q,Dai J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent advances in cardiovascular medicine, ischemic diseases remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Although stem cell-based therapies for the treatment of ischemic diseases show great promise, limited availability of biologically functional stem cells mired the application of stem cell-based therap...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Joseph M,Das M,Kanji S,Lu J,Aggarwal R,Chakroborty D,Sarkar C,Yu H,Mao HQ,Basu S,Pompili VJ,Das H

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a new therapeutic approach for the palliative treatment of malignant bile duct obstruction. In this study, we designed photosensitizer-embedded self-expanding nonvascular metal stent (PDT-stent) which allows repeatable photodynamic treatment of cholangiocarcinoma without systemic injectio...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Bae BC,Yang SG,Jeong S,Lee DH,Na K,Kim JM,Costamagna G,Kozarek RA,Isayama H,Deviere J,Seo DW,Nageshwar Reddy D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell transplantation is a promising therapeutic strategy for acute or chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy. A major limitation to efficacy in cell transplantation is the low efficiency of retention and engraftment, due at least in part to significant early "wash-out" of cells from coronary blood flow and heart contrac...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Vandergriff AC,Hensley TM,Henry ET,Shen D,Anthony S,Zhang J,Cheng K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Site specific targeting remains elusive for gene and stem cell therapies in the cardiovascular field. One promising option involves use of devices that deliver larger and more sustained cell/gene payloads to specific disease sites using the versatility of percutaneous vascular access technology. Smooth muscle cells (S...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kumar AH,Martin K,Doyle B,Huang CL,Pillai GK,Ali MT,Skelding KA,Wang S,Gleeson BM,Jahangeer S,Ritman EL,Russell SJ,Caplice NM

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium alginate hydrogel, stabilized with gelatin, is a suitable, biologically inert matrix that can be used for encapsulating and 3D bioprinting of bone-related SaOS-2 cells. However, the cells, embedded in this matrix, remain in a non-proliferating state. Here we show that addition of an overlay onto the bioprinted ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Neufurth M,Wang X,Schröder HC,Feng Q,Diehl-Seifert B,Ziebart T,Steffen R,Wang S,Müller WEG

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Safety and high efficacy of vectors are essential requirements for gene therapy. To address these challenges, poly(carboxy betaine methacrylate ethyl ester)-poly(carboxy betaine methacrylate) (PCBMAEE-PCBMA) diblock copolymers were synthesized to form core-shell vector for gene delivery. The hydrophobic PCBMAEE segmen...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhang J,Wang Z,Lin W,Chen S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multifunctional organic-inorganic hybrid nanocapsule based on Bi2S3-embedded poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanocapsule has been elaborately designed to combine the merits of both polymeric shell structure and Bi2S3 nanoparticles. Hydrophobic Bi2S3 nanoparticles were successfully introduced into the PLGA nano...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yao MH,Ma M,Chen Y,Jia XQ,Xu G,Xu HX,Chen HR,Wu R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficient generation of integration- and xeno-free iPSCs is a prerequisite for their use in clinical applications. Furthermore, non-invasiveness of somatic cell acquisition for iPSC generation is another factor to consider. In this study, we established a practical, simple, and convenient method to generate integr...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lee KI,Kim HT,Hwang DY

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucus layer coating the vaginal epithelium represents a barrier for intravaginally delivered recombined adenoviral (rAd) vectors, but it could be overcome by proper polyethylene glycol (PEG) modification. Here we synthesized two cationic PEG derivatives, amino-(EO)n/(AGE)m-Cyss (APCs). The polymers contained neutral l...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Xie Z,Ji Z,Zhang Z,Gong T,Sun X

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a type of intracellular redox-triggered hollow mesoporous silica nanoreservoirs (HMSNs) with tumor specificity was developed in order to deliver anticancer drug (i.e., doxorubicin (DOX)) to the target tumor cells with high therapeutic efficiency and reduced side effects. Firstly, adamantanamine was graf...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Luo Z,Hu Y,Cai K,Ding X,Zhang Q,Li M,Ma X,Zhang B,Zeng Y,Li P,Li J,Liu J,Zhao Y

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone defects caused by fractures or cancer-mediated destruction are debilitating. Chitosan is commonly used in scaffold matrices for bone healing, but rarely as a free drug. We demonstrate that free chitosan promotes osteoblast proliferation and osteogenesis in mesenchymal stem cells, increases osteopontin and collage...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Tan ML,Shao P,Friedhuber AM,van Moorst M,Elahy M,Indumathy S,Dunstan DE,Wei Y,Dass CR

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed nanoparticles based on Murine Leukemia Virus virus-like-particles (VLPs) that efficiently deliver therapeutic bioactive proteins in their native state into target cells. Nuclear transcription factors and toxic proteins were incorporated into the VLPs from stable producer cells without transducing vir...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wu DT,Roth MJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain types of implanted medical devices depend on oxygen supplied from surrounding tissues for their function. However, there is a concern that the tissue associated with the foreign body response to implants may become impermeable to oxygen over the long term and render the implant nonfunctional. We report oxygen ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kumosa LS,Routh TL,Lin JT,Lucisano JY,Gough DA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive assay for the early stage diagnosis of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) related pneumonia is of great clinical importance and still a great challenge. In this paper, we reported a novel kind of Au@Ag core-shell theranostic nanoparticles (NPs) conjugated with MRSA specific antibody on the...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Huo D,Ding J,Cui YX,Xia LY,Li H,He J,Zhou ZY,Wang HW,Hu Y

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New combination therapy strategy, which takes the advantages of co-delivery two or more therapeutic agents in one nanocarrier platform, has been widely used in the clinic and achieved immense popularity in cancer treatment. Here, we have rationally developed a multifunctional platform using a self-assembly strategy to...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Tao Y,Ju E,Liu Z,Dong K,Ren J,Qu X

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway tracts serve as a conduit of transport in the respiratory system. Architecturally, these are composed of cartilage rings that offer flexibility and prevent collapse during normal breathing. To this end, the successful regeneration of an airway tract requires the presence of differentiated chondrocytes and airwa...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ghezzi CE,Marelli B,Donelli I,Alessandrino A,Freddi G,Nazhat SN

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal regeneration approaches offer great potential for the treatment of chronic kidney disease, but their availability remains limited by the clinical challenges they pose. In the present study, we used continuous detergent perfusion to generate decellularized (DC) rat kidney scaffolds. The scaffolds retained intact ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yu YL,Shao YK,Ding YQ,Lin KZ,Chen B,Zhang HZ,Zhao LN,Wang ZB,Zhang JS,Tang ML,Mei J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic polymer scaffold seeded with autologous cells have a clinical translational potential. A rational design oriented to clinical applications must ensure an efficient mass transfer of nutrients as a function of specific metabolic rates, especially for precariously vascularized tissues grown in vitro or integrat...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Curcio E,Piscioneri A,Morelli S,Salerno S,Macchiarini P,De Bartolo L

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) releasing (NORel) materials have been extensively investigated to create localized increases in NO concentration by the proton driven diazeniumdiolate-containing polymer coatings and demonstrated to improve extracorporeal circulation (ECC) hemocompatibility. In this work, the NORel polymeric coating ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Major TC,Brisbois EJ,Jones AM,Zanetti ME,Annich GM,Bartlett RH,Handa H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00